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    HERITAGE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE & TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS

     

     

     

    Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise. TM

  • Artificial Intelligence

    Machine learning and algorithms can analyze vast data sets, including online behavior, to provide more accurate and personalized recommendations for productivity and choice.

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    "We advise and invest in companies with

    technology solutions for real estate

    led by serial achievers who execute on sound ideas,

    creating mutual benefit and contributing to the greater good."

     

    Lewis G. Feldman, Founder

  • Representative Portfolio Companies

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    CrowdStreet

    #1 Direct-to-Accredited-Investors Real Estate Investment Platform

    CrowdStreet is the leading online commercial real estate investing platform that matches accredited investors with more than 500 real estate investment opportunities, including individual assets and funds. Some of the largest and most respected deal sponsors, such as Greystar, Walker & Dunlop, and Harbor Group International, use CrowdStreet to raise equity capital and reach accredited investors. Since 2014, CrowdStreet's investor community has funded more than $3.5 billion in investments and received over $200 million in distributions.

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    FUNDRISE

    #1 Direct-to-Non-Accredited Investors Real Estate Investment Platform

    Fundrise is an investment service with over $7 Billion in transaction volume and a mission to democratize real estate investing. Fundrise grants users access to professional investment management and a market of private real estate funds. Investors save 20-40 percent on brokers, management fees, and administrative costs, resulting in up to 33 percent higher annual returns than a traditional private equity real estate fund provides.

  • Leadership

    Heritage CRETech Ventures

    Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise.®

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    Lewis G. Feldman

    Founder/Chief Executive Officer

    J.D., Executive Editor Law Review,

    University of California, Davis, 1982

    B.A. with Highest Honors,

    University of California, Santa Cruz 1978

    After a storied 35-year career in Big Law as one of America's prominent capital markets lawyers, Lew Feldman founded Heritage Capital Ventures LLC in 2015 to invest in technologies that result in greater investment returns and broader capital access with lower costs and higher efficiencies. Heritage CRETech Investments was founded in 2020 to raise and deploy capital for applicable real estate technologies. Lew has helped to raise more than $100 billion in debt and equity for real estate and financial technology companies. Lew serves as Chairman of the Board of the University of California Ziman Center for Real Estate at the John Anderson Graduate School of Management. Lew has appeared on media channels including ABC, CNBC, CBS, Bloomberg Television, Fox, Sirius, YouTube, and various industry podcasts. Lew's ideas and opinions have been covered in national, regional, and trade publications, including Barron's, The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Business Journal, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and Forbes.

  • Video Resources

    Panels and Presentations

    Where in the World Are the Real Estate Opportunities?

    With Sam Zell of Equity Investments and Bill McMorrow of Kennedy Wilson

    Heritage CEO Lew Feldman moderated a panel discussion with Bill McMorrow of Kennedy Wilson and Sam Zell of Equity Investments on where the best real estate opportunities are to be found around the Globe.

    UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate: COVID-19 and Its Global Impact on Real Estate, the Economy & Investment Markets

    With Guggenheim Partners' Scott Minerd

    UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate - April 8, 2020 Spring Broadcast Webinar, "COVID-19 and Its Global Impact on Real Estate, the Economy & Investment Markets", featuring Guggenheim Investments' Chairman, Scott Minerd, who provides invaluable proprietary research and insights into the domestic and global impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic with Stuart Gabriel, UCLA Richard C. Ziman Center for Real Estate Director and Professor of Finance at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management, and UCLA Ziman Center Chairman, Lew Feldman of Heritage CRETech Ventures.

    Proptech, Climate Tech, and the Real Estate Industry

    With Brendan Wallace, CEO of Fifth Wall

    During the Fall 2021 Board Meeting of the UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate, held virtually on November 3, 2021, Heritage CEO and Ziman Center Board Chair Lew Feldman spoke with Climate Tech thought leader and COP26 speaker Brendan Wallace, CEO of Fifth Wall, with $2.6 billion in assets under management, about the $20 trillion investment required to decarbonize the real estate industry, and the financial and social opportunities created by investing in climate-sensitive technology. The interview begins at the 38-minute mark in the video.

    What Online Lending Means for Banks, Businesses, and Borrowers.

    With leadership of Lending Club, OnDeck, & Funding Circle

    Heritage CEO, Lew Feldman, joined the 2015 Milken Institute Global Conference for a discussion covering online lending with the leaders of Lending Club, OnDeck, Funding Circle, and Prosper.

    LendIt: Online Real Estate Lending and Investment

    With the leadership of Fundrise, iFunding, Lendinvest, Realty Shares, and Realty Mogul

    LendIt (http://www.lendit.co/) launched its first fintech conference in San Francisco on May 4-6, 2014. Heritage CEO Lew Feldman moderated the Real Estate Crowdfunding Panel with proptech pioneers William Skelly of iFunding; Jillene Hellman of Realty Mogul; Nav Athwal of Realty Shares; Christian Faes of LendInvest; and Tom Lockhard of Fundrise.

    LendIt: Online Real Estate Lending and Investment

    With the leadership of Fundrise, iFunding, Lendinvest, Realty Shares, and Realty Mogul

    LendIt (http://www.lendit.co/) launched its first fintech conference in San Francisco on May 4-6, 2014. Heritage CEO Lew Feldman moderated the Real Estate Crowdfunding Panel with proptech pioneers William Skelly of iFunding; Jillene Hellman of Realty Mogul; Nav Athwal of Realty Shares; Christian Faes of LendInvest; and Tom Lockhard of Fundrise.

  • Our Education Partners

    We actively participate in thought leadership with America's leading universities and organizations

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    UCLA Center for Real Estate

    The UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate advances real estate thought leadership by generating research, educating the next generation of business leaders and social entrepreneurs, and providing meaningful forums for industry professionals and policymakers.

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    The Wharton School

    One of the world’s premier business schools, Wharton offers students knowledge and experience to become business leaders in real estate and beyond and positively impact the world.

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    USC Center for Real Estate

    The USC Lusk Center for Real Estate seeks to advance real estate knowledge, inform business practice, and address timely issues that affect the real estate industry, the urban economy, and public policy.

     

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    Milken Institute

    The Milken Institute is a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank determined to increase global prosperity by advancing collaborative solutions that widen access to capital, create jobs and improve health.

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    Urban Land Institute

    The Urban Land Institute provides leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating and sustaining thriving communities worldwide.

  • Heritage CRETech Ventures

    Venture Capital. Real Estate Expertise.®

    Have a great proptech idea in need of equity or debt? Let's talk

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